Guillaume Marie Anne Brune

Guillaume Marie Anne Brune (13 March 1763-2 August 1815) was a Marshal of France under Napoleon Bonaparte.

Biography
From Breve-la-Gaillarde in Limousin (southern Central France), Brune was a political journalist before he took part in the 13 Vendemiarie rebellion's quelling on 5 October 1795. As a reward he was made an assistant to Napoleon Bonaparte in the Italian Campaign of 1796 and he was responsible for the creation of the Helvetic Republic following the 1798 invasion of the Swiss Confederation.

In 1804, after serving two years as Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, he was made a Marshal of France by Napoleon and fought in the battles in Germany. He took over the Army of Bavaria in 1805 when its commander, Louis-Nicolas Davout, was wounded and conquered Swedish Pommerania. He retired soon after when Napoleon became suspicious of his staunch republicanism.

Brune was recalled to service during the Hundred Days of 1815 and defended southern France from the Austrian Empire. He was murdered shortly after Napoleon's defeat by loyalists and his body thrown in the Rhone River. It was recovered soon after and buried.